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Peaceful Warrior is the foundational piece of work to become
a part of Flesh & Spirit Community. Flesh & Spirit Community
is a queer men's spiritual community exploring wholeness through workshops,
prayer/ritual circles, sacred play nights, dream circles, gatherings
and retreats. Ecstacy and erotic spirituality are threads that weave
us into a community of men loving men together. |
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Peaceful
Warrior I
upcoming
dates:
June 7th in San Francisco
TBA (in Australia)
An intake interview is not necessary to participate
For
info on other Flesh & Spirit events in Australia
click here |
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QUEER
MEN Who Are:
- In service
positions for the homeless, AIDS/HIV and other charities.
- In recovery
programs (especially sponsors).
- In relationships
that need change.
- In good
health yet still challenged by HIV.
- In political
policy making for change.
- On a spiritual
quest that hungers for more.
- Not feeling
fully free.
- Reassessing
feeling safe in the world.
If you
said yes to any of the above then this Peaceful Warrior: workshop
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This
workshop Peaceful Warrior:
will foster:
- Being your
own authority.
- Working
with conflict heartfully.
- Living in
your "yes" and "no" with power and compassion.
- Setting
and expanding boundaries.
- Finding
ways to ask for help with both power and compassion.
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Yourself Criteria
Queer Men who:
- Are willing
to explore their internal responses to fear, power, compassion
and asking for help.
- Have spirituality
that honors the body.
- Are caring
for their body through some form of exercise.
- Have a current
support system.
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The
peaceful warrior is an archetypal image of power and compassion.
Men such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Henry David Thoreau and Harvey
Milk, are images that embody the characteristics of a peaceful warrior.
Gay/bisexual men in our community that might currently be seen as peaceful
warriors are Greg Louganis, former Olympic diver; Jim Mitulski, MCC Glendale
pastor; David Nimmons, Manifest Love; Collin Brown, Director of Body Electric
School; Christian de la Huerta, Executive Director of Q-Spirit; Mark Leno, Ca.
Assemblyperson and you.
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Some Native Americans have a saying, "Walk
Your Talk". Its meaning is to bring our words/intentions, energies,
body and actions in congruence with one another. The experiential body
oriented exercises in this workshop will lend themselves to being a peaceful
warrior who "Walks His Talk".
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